Manassas in Flames Spurs Wide Fire Damage
Fire swept through Manassas destroying the post office bank and railroad district. Women joined men in fighting the blaze shoulder to shoulder, aiding water pumping while business losses mounted. The fire originated in Blossoms Row, spread rapidly, and local firefighters requested help from Alexandria but the blaze subsided before aid arrived. Losses are heavy, with estimates from two hundred thousand to four hundred thousand dollars, largely uninsured.
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Wut
Wagener
Post-Office
Journal Office
Routh
Nivel
Flamis Swat
Lo Maser
Hynson & Co
Ho Abramson
Center
Main
Lettele Street
Lewis’ Sore
Wade Goodwin
Durrol
Isery
People's National Bank
Weurich
Simpson
Gonner and
Muldaus
Whipscomb Alo
Prisoners Break Jail After Session Ends
La Plata Maryland region reports three inmates sent to institutions broke jail late Saturday. Frank Marshall, once tied to an oil crime, allegedly escaped aided by a woman’s distraction. Hart and Bennett were recaptured by Deputy Sheriff Hampton Coxe, with Marshall still at large.
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Washington Post
la Plata
Ael
Bee
John Bennett
House of Correction
Daniel Hart
House of Reformation
Frank Marshall
Ron
Chie
Hampton Coxe
Mennett
Hart
Prank Marshall
Indictments Expected From Grand Jury in Crisfield Case
Special to The Washington Post from Princess Anne Maryland December 5 indictments are expected after a Somerset County grand jury probe into the Crisfield oyster outbreak. About twenty witnesses were summoned and notices served tonight and tomorrow. The investigation follows unrest among oystermen though no outward disorder appeared. potential arrests and bail plans are noted while counsel urges surrender. Community officials also report Washington news and local business activity.
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Crisfield
Washington Post
Mil
Gram
Somerset Mounty
Cristell
Int
Tore Summoanses
Juste Keene Serly
Tangies Packing Company
Bilegoad
Ansiarketeds
Protests From Railroads Over Virginia Rate Proposals
The Virginia corporation commission opened hearings in Richmond against its new classifications for railroads. Representatives of major lines and legal counsel argued the impact on profits and constitutional rights. The session adjourned to March 14 with reforms expected to take up to three years.
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Virginia Commission
Washington Post
Tuchmond
Dee, G
Corporation Commission
Yates
Messrs. Braxton
Williams
Shippera
Anderson
Tates
J. I. Doran
Heltor
Norfolk and Western
W. P. Reith
Alfred P. Thom
Southern
Willam H. White
Alexander Hamilton
Alantie Coast Line
D. D. Hull
IV. Geeral
Virginia and Southwestern
B. T. Wickham
Henry Taylor, Jr
Chesapeake and Ohio
Legh II. Watts
E.R. Wiliams
Seaboard Air Line
Thomas W. Shelton
Jhllmore
Ohio
Virgina
Divine to Divorce Case in Bristol Virginia Coal Operator
Mrs Keffle Em mert files for absolute divorce from William B Emmert prominent Bristol coal operator and Black Mountain Coal Company president alleging cruel treatment practical abandonment and that Miss Myre Johnson stenographer aged thirty resides Pennington Gap has alienated the defendant affections. Complainant seeks custody of two children alimony and restoration of maiden name. The couple wed in 1894. Defendant may contest and seek custody. he is restrained by injunction from disturbing children or home furniture.
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Sgeelat
Washington Post
Bristol
Ftay
Keffle Emmert
William B. Emmert
Black Mountain Coal Company
Myre Johnson
Pennington Gap
Mas
James Robinson
Greeneville
Ann
Bird M. Robinson
New York
Mobne, Jacksonville and
Kansas City Railway
Maryland Officials Announce Election Totals in Annapolis
The State Board of Canvassers met in Annapolis and adjusted totals after including Baltimore City Twelfth ward precinct. Attendees included Attorney General Bryan, Secretary of State Tighman, Comptroller Atkinson, Treasurer Vandiver, and Clerk Parran. Comptroller result: Atkinson 98,483. McCullough 85,978.Holme 4,317. Young 1,603. Constitutional amendment votes: approved 70, rauds 60,606 and opposed 93,107.
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State Board of Canvassers
Washington Post
Annapolis
Dov
Baltimore City
Bryan
Tighman
Atkinson
Vandiver
Court of Appeals
Parran
Woman killed crossing track in front of engine at Charlestown
Special to The Washington Post reports Mrs. Laura Beatty of River Ton, Warren County, Va, died after being dragged beneath a northbound Norfolk and Western train. She crossed in front of the engine with her brother-in-law present. She died in a Charleston hospital after the incident.
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Charlestown
W. Va
Norfolk and Western
Laura Beatty
Riverton
Warren County
Lindh Ty
Poisoned Wife Trial Winding as Mathews Remanded
Dr J B Mathews faces grand jury action after a four hour hearing on wife murder charges. Physicians testified he attempted to inject strychnine poisoning while his wife lay near death, then sought to attribute death to heart disease. Neighborhood witnesses described him as intoxicated and manipulative during the crisis.
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Washington Pont
Greensboro
N. C
Murphy
J. B. Mathews
Superior Court
Brooks
Farrow
Turner
Mathews
Durham
Jones F. Gipman
Pullman
Gipman
Pollution of the Potomac discussed by Cumberland council
Cumberland Md councilman Matthew H Sloan introduced an order asking the waterworks committee to confer with national government representatives in Washington on Potomac River pollution between Lake Md and Cumberland where the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co plant is located. The order was referred to the waterworks committee amid ongoing complaints about river pollution supplying Cumberland and Washington.
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Washington Pit
Cumberland, Md
Matthew H. Sloan
David W. Sloan
Cumberland City Council
Ely Council
Washington
Potomac River
Lake, Md
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Cumperland
Waterworks Committee
Potomac
Cumberland
Protest Against Pastor Sparks Italian Catholic Discontent
Norfolk observers accuse Rev. Father Louis Guzzardi of favoritism toward a church faction. A Norfolk Italian Catholic group met with Bishop Van de Viver in Portsmouth requesting a new priest. the bishop promised a change. Also: District Attorney Talley resigns to clear path for reinstatement of Judge Lewis after governor nomination. A separate Cumberland County item notes Fleming Brothers mill at Salem, Washington County, burned with $25,000 loss and three freight cars destroyed. nearby dwelling also burned.
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Spacia
Washington
Louis Guzzardi
van de Viver
Portsmouth
Father Guzzardi
Lewis
Washington Post
Norfalk
R. H.rulley
L. L. Lewis
Cumberland
Fleming Brothers
Salem
W. Wa
Obituaries from Virginia tolling losses in December
Chatham miss Sable Edwards, Whit Whit County, died Thursday of pneumonia after a lingering illness at seventy. She leaves one brother Frederic. Fredericksburg T C Walker, ex confederate soldier of Culpeper County, died at home near Lignum after brief illness at sixty. survived by widow and two sons. Fredericksburg John A Til of Caroline County died Sunday night after weeks of illness at sixty seven. widow and two daughters. He was a Confederate veteran.
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Chatham
Fredericksburg
John A. Til
Caroline’ County
Hila
Tie
Fatally Shot by Brother Near Port Republic
Ewing Crown shot his older brother Emmett near Port Republic in east Rockingham after a quarrel. The blast from a shotgun hit Emmett in the head, neck, and shoulders as he ran. Emmett walked two miles to a doctor, but the injury proved fatal or gravely serious. Their sister sided with Ewing. Emmett allegedly attacked their sister with an ax before the shooting.
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Washington
Harrisonburg
Ewing Crown
Emmett
Port Republic
East Rockingham
Ewing
King Crown
Ewing Fred
New Officers Elected at Maryland Tobacco Growers Meet
The Tobacco Growers' Association of Maryland held its first annual meeting at Maryland Agricultural College in College Park on December 5. Officers elected for the coming year were W. A. Walker as President Franklin Weems as Secretary and John H. Drury as Treasurer. Director Harry J. Patterson urged planters to diversify crops and promote enterprises to process and manufacture tobacco.
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Washington Post
College Park
Tobacco Growers’ Association of Maryland
Maryland Agricultural College
W. A. Walker
Howard County
Franklin Weems
Anne Arundel County
John, H. Drury
Calvert County
Harry J. Patterson
Maryland Experiment Station
Mail Theft Charged Former Clerk Indicted at Fort Monroe
Norfolk Va December 5 The United States grand jury returned an indictment for stealing from the money order and registry funds against Edwin R Donnan son of the former American consul at Belfast Ireland and a former clerk at Fort Monroe post office He has been in jail since arrest and now has counsel for trial tomorrow before a petit jury in the Federal court
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Fort Monrot
Norfolk
United States
Grand Jury
Edwin R. Donnan
Belfast
Ireland
Fort Monroe
Donnan
Jamestown Exposition aims for state grant milestone
The Jamestown Exposition Company has raised 250000 of the 1000000 required to trigger a 250000 state appropriation. Virginia lawmakers set the condition that upon reaching the cash goal the state would immediately pay the first 10000 installment into the exposition treasury. Separately, notices from Leesburg and Huntington report local meetings and police actions, including a Monessen murder suspect identified and a banker killed by rabbit hunting accident.
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Norfolk
Jamestown _ Exposition Company
Virginia
Exposition Company
The Doctor Ads a sks- The Doctor Ads a sks-
An old advertisement highlights keeping bowels regular for health. It promotes Ayer s Pills as a daily laxative, claiming small doses suffice for first beddime and liver activity. The quirky ad repeats phrases and shows garbled text from the OCR.
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Ayer
Woman's Bluff Works in Germanton Assault Case
Calvin Tatum an eighteen year old Black man was arrested in Stokes County by locals for assaulting a Germanton woman as three walkers on a railroad tank were attacked. He was identified by the victims and committed without bail until the next Stokes County Court term. Tatum says he is from Virginia and came to the area six months ago.
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Washington Post
Winston-Salem
N. C
Calvin Tatum
Stokes County
Germanton
Tatum
Stokes County Court
Virginia
Wayne Swept By Flames In Wayne County Blaze
A large fire of incendiary origin swept Wayne near Huntington at 6 this morning on the Worfolk and Western Railroad. The Wayne County Hank building and many nearby structures including Glensley s dry goods George T McCoy s jewelry shop Fishback s saddlery and harness shop Burgess library stable Wayne Hotel building Senator Pritchard s law office and several smaller buildings were destroyed. Loss estimated at 200000 with about half covered by insurance. Vaults of the bank untouched.
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Washington Post
Huntington
W. Va
Wayne
Here
Worfolk and Western
Wayne County
Hank
Glensley
George T. McCoy
Fishback
Burgess Library
Senator Pritchard
Crouse Chosen Maryland Insurance Commissioner
Baltimore announces B F Crouse elected state insurance commissioner by the board of public works to succeed Judge Frank I Duncan. Crouse, born Westminster August 2 184, had an extensive legal and public service career including clerk of Carroll County Court, state house of delegates member, and chief clerk to the state comptroller.
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Maryland
Washington Post
Baltimore
Frank Crouse
Board of Public Works
Frank I. Duncan
Westminster
House of Delegates
Carroll County
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Crouse
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Joshua W. Hering
Hering
Atkinson
Acquitted of Murder in Self Defense Case
A. J. Ramey of Manassas is acquitted after a two day trial, claiming self defense in the killing of Lucian Beavers last August. Beavers, intoxicated, attacked a neighbor’s family prompting Ramey to intervene and shoot in self defense at his home.
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Manassas
Lucian Beavers
Washington
A. J. ‘Ramey
Ila
Ramey
Beavers
Maryland Obituary Highlights in Rockville Area
Mary J. Graff longtime Rockville resident died Sunday night at her son's Brookland home after general debility. She was widow of George Graff and mother of J W Graff and several other children. Elizabeth Austin wife of Rev Mahlon H Austin of Bethesda district died in Rockville area. Funeral from Mount Zion Baptist Church near Beane conducted by Rev Thomas H Campbell. Mrs Austin leaves many children.
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Mary J. Graff
Brookland
George Graff
J. W. Graff
Elizabeth Austin
Mahlon H. ‘Austin
Bethesda
Thin County
Anak Plaice
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Beane
Thomas H. Campbell
Widow Demands Justice in Sailor Shanghaing Case
Mrs James McCabe of Philadelphia seeks punishment for alleged murder of her husband James McCabe. He died after being shanghaied October on Deals Island and later exhumed body showed brutal injuries. She has affidavits from shipmates and seeks Roosevelt aid amid oyster bed abuses probe.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
James McCabe
Philadelphia
Deals Island
Roosevelt
Mrs. McCabe
Dogle Island
Duance
Sadie EB. R. Gibson
Vessal
Wiliam Wheatley
McCabe
Seven Miners Perished In Cabin Creek Coal Mine
Special to The Washington run Charleston W Va Dec 6 The bodies of seven miners who died from suffocation last night in the Horten mine of the Cardiff Coal Company on Cabin Creek were recovered today Their names include COMBA HARVEY CRABTADE MANTERSON GOINS GOTNS YABB and others all married or widowed with families The mine mouth timbers ignited filling the mine with smoke and the men were near safety when overcome by the toxic fumes
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Charleston
Val
Horten
Cardiff Coal Company
Cabin Creek
This County
Comba
Harvey Crabtade
John Manterson
J. W. Goins
Robert Goins
John Gotns
Knott Found Guilty on Assault Charge in Maryland
J L Knott tried in Rockville Circuit Court for assault with intent to murder farmer Jonas Benson near Brookeville. Acquitted on the more serious charge, he was found guilty of assault and battery and fined 100 dollars. Details note a two week-old quarrel over elder trees and a deflected bullet. Harvey Kohlhoss was acquitted of selling on Sunday to Howard Lowe after evidence showed Lowe returned one pair and paid for another.
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Montgomery Farmer
Washington Post
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John Leo Tenoli
Henderson
Jonas Benson
Incinnity
Brookeville
Knott
Benson
Harvey Kohlhoss
Derwood
Howard Lowe
Owever
Lews
Missing man Greenstein sought by Virginia police in perjury case
Norfolk, Va December report: Sol Greenstein, held by U S judge Waddill for grand jury perjury in the Peyser Abraham case, is missing. United States Marshal Morgan Treat asks state authorities to help locate the man believed connected to Abraham and the New York gambling incident. Greenstein’s presence in Norfolk as Abraham’s witness was noted before the trial.
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Washington
Norfolk
Sol Greenstein
Waddill
United States Grand Jury
Peyser Abraham
Portsmouth
Tudge Waddill
New York
United States
Marsha] Morgan
Treat
Greenstein
Demurrer Overruled in Richmond Primary Election Cases
In Hustings Court Judge Witte overruled demurrers of about six defendants charged with fraud and corruption in state election laws. He ruled the indicted men must prove innocence by witness in open court rather than plead technicalities. Trial set for the 28th. Commonwealth attorney cautions cases may be long. Special to The Washington Post. Bristol Virginia dispatch reports Rosa Collins killed by shotgun discharge while Captain Rabarta examined the gun at Miss Collins’ father’s home. Blackwater tragedy leaves two women dead. Annie Gibson and her mother burned when the daughter's clothing caught fire and the mother ran to rescue.
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Witte
Fitchmond
Witnegacs
Commonwealth
Washington Post
Blackwater
Annie Gibson
Watalgo
Court Declares Girls White and Five Hundred Ban Uproar
Federal Court decision last week favored six Gilleland girls in a suit to admit them to the white Averys Creek school. The ruling provokes ethnic ostracism as 500 Gilleland and Graham relatives, long intermarried, face threats and mass meetings urge keeping the families out. Community extremists push to remove the Gillelands and Grahams if the girls try to enroll.
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Washington Post
Asheville
N C
Gileland
County Board of Education
Averys Creek Township
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Graham
Averys Creek
Board of Evucation
Supreme Court
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Resolutions In Memory Of Maj Robert Stiles Presented
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond held a final morning session. Resolutions in memory of the late Major Robert Stiles were presented by Judge A L Holliday and ordered to be spread on the minutes. District judges A G Dayton and Henry C McDowell were designated to attend February term. The court adjourned for the session likely to reconvene February 17 or 18 for further conference of cases already argued.
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Robert Stiles
Washington Post
Richmond
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Pritchard
Purnell
Bar Association of Richmond
A. L. Holliday
A G. Dayton
Philippi
West Virginia
Henry C. McDowell
Lynchburg
Virginia
Physicians in Session at Bea? Medical Association Meet
The Bea? Medical Association convened in Newport News for its tenth semi annual session. Mayor S. R. Buxton welcomed the visitors. Dr R L Payne of Norfolk answered the welcome. Dr John B Phillips of Suffolk delivered the annual address. Dr J H Ackman of Wilmington NC gave the annual oration on Hospitals and Sanitariums. Two sessions are planned for tomorrow with a luncheon and a banquet in the evening hosted by local groups.
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Bea
Bearé Medical Association
R. Buxton
R L. Payne
Norfolk
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Suffolk
J. Hb. Ackman
Wilmington
Poor
Chamber of Commerce
Lundhee
Illiteracy drop reported in North Carolina white children
Speckal to The Washington reer from Raleigh reports a census based finding by the State superintendent of public instruction that illiteracy among white children aged twelve to twenty-one has fallen since 1900. Data from eighty-six counties shows 2.6 percent literacy in this group, with 16 percent illiterate in ten to fourteen, reflecting notable progress across the state.
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Washington
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Superinlement of Public Instruction
United States
Tarantine charge in Staunton case with infant found
Special to The Weonington from Staunton Virginia reports Thomas Durer a 45 year old married man Rose Hensley a 17 year old unmarried woman and Infantelde charged with Infantelde have been held for the grand jury by Magix irate N L Webb The Hensley woman admitted the child was hers but cleared Durer A week ago the three days old infant of the Hensley woman was found dying in a brat patch in Augusta County.
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Rose Hensley
N. L. Webb
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